Camp Randall crush remembered as frightening call for stadium changes

10:13 PM,
Oct. 31, 2013

People console a woman shaken by the tragedy that occurred when fans rushed the field following an Oct. 30, 1993, Wisconsin Badgers victory over Michigan. About 70 people were taken to local hospitals including 10 who were found unconscious and not breathing after being trampled.

Written by

Dan Simmons
Wisconsin State Journal

Twenty years ago Wednesday, a UW-Madison freshman and sophomore, sisters from New Jersey and second-generation Badgers, got ready to storm the field with thousands of others to celebrate an epic University of Wisconsin football victory over Michigan.

Instead they got swallowed up in a crush of humanity in the Camp Randall Stadium bleachers. Fences and railings near the field kept the surge from moving before eventually crashing under its weight. Bodies piled on bodies. Fans trampled other fans. Bones broke. Breathing became strained.